Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1531 to 1540 of 1641.

• 14 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view
• 14 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Supplementary Appropriation Bill be now read the Third Time. view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Supplementary Appropriation Bill be now read a Second Time. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Motion on the Supplementary Estimates was approved by this House on 30th, April, 2008. While moving the Motion, the Minister mentioned, in brief, the following:- (i) That the Supplementary Estimates will not result in an increase in our earlier projected domestic borrowing of Kshs33.96 billion. (ii) That while implementing the 2007/2008 Budget, we have adhered to the fiscal framework that was tabled before this House with the rest of the details of the Budget for the ... view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, whereas revenue collection has performed as projected, and we have confined our expenditure to the approved level, Budget implementation has faced various challenges and demands that have constrained our resources. Some of these are:- (i) Rising prices of crude oil that has resulted in increase in cost of commodities including, farm inputs; (ii) Outbreak and spread of life-threatening contagious diseases, whose spread must be curtailed; (ii) Post-election disturbances that have displaced Kenyans from their homes. These disturbances have caused a serious threat to our security. Additional funds were, therefore, required for security operations to stop ... view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to thank hon. Members for the very constructive contributions they have made with regard to this Bill. This Bill was about appropriation of the funds which were already approved by this Parliament. Parliament already approved the funds that we are asking to be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund. Some hon. Members have raised concern about the appropriate utilisation of funds. This is a very valid concern about which, as a Ministry, we are also concerned. We are going to follow up, as the co-ordinating Ministry, to ensure that the ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The procedure is that you should put the Question first; that the Mover be called upon to reply. view
• 29 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware of losses incurred by several Kenyans following the collapse of pyramid schemes last year. (b) The Government did not allow the pyramid schemes to go on undeterred. Some of the measures that were put in place to curb the proliferation of these schemes include issuance of cautionary messages to the public, setting up of a multi-sectoral task force to address the issue of pyramid schemes and institution of court action by the Banking Fraud Investigation Department against the promoters of some of these schemes. (c) The responsibility to ... view
• 29 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have stated, the schemes are illegal. Therefore, they are not banks. Banks are established under the Banking Act and are, therefore, under the supervision of the Central Bank of Kenya. The Central Bank of Kenya does not supervise illegal institutions. Due to this reason, these schemes defrauded people. The only way the Government could learn about the fraud was through complaints by the victims who have been part of the schemes. The other issue which has been raised by the hon. Member is why the Central Bank of Kenya froze some of the accounts and ... view
• 29 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government is not aware of any schemes which were fronted by any hon. Members of the Front Bench or any Member of this House. Therefore, if the hon. Member has any information that there were any Members of the Government, Members of this House, or any political parties involved in such schemes, I would be quite happy to get the substantiation so that we can respond accordingly. view
• 29 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as far as the Government is concerned, we are not responsible for statements made during campaigns. In fact, we have no evidence of what was said during campaigns. All we know is that members of the public have complained. The matters have been reported to the law enforcement agencies. Some people were arrested and arraigned in courts of law. view